Staff Expectations and Procedures

Expectations:

  1. Be an example. Follow the same rules that the rest of the players are expected to abide by.
  2. Be a helper. Answer questions when asked and be especially helpful to new players.
  3. Be active. Try to keep AFK time to a minimum (within reason) and log a minimum of 7 hours per week on the server. If you will be absent for an extended period, you need to alert other staff prior to being absent.

Prohibitions

  1. You are still allowed to raid and grief, but only in normal gameplay. You cannot raid or grief someone after using your title to gain their trust or otherwise abuse your role as staff.
  2. You can not punish players equal to or above your rank. If an issue arises with a peer or superior, contact a staff member at the appropriate rank.
  3. Do not use punishments as a threat or as a joke, even if the other person is okay with it. Punishments should be considered serious and not taken lightly.

Procedures

  1. Log all punishments in the staff chat of Discord:
    1. Minecraft or Discord name (as applicable)
    2. Date and time (your local)
    3. Offense committed
    4. Punishment given
    5. Screenshot: Required for chat-related offenses and preferred for hacking or other offenses. A screenshot can be obtained by you or another user.
  2. Punishments:
    1. Hacking Punishments:
      1. Initially, jail the player. Use lava to destroy their inventory. Let players play around if they want. If the person logs before their inventory is cleared, make sure to note that in the log so it can be cleared when they are unbanned.
      2. Inform the player than can be appeal their ban on the website, bbqmines.com.
      3. First Offense: TempBan 7 days
      4. Second Offense: TempBan 30 days
      5. Third Offense: Permanent Ban
    2. Chat-Related Punishments:
      1. First Related Offense: TempBan 1 Minute
      2. Second Related Offense: TempBan 5 Minutes
      3. Third Related Offense: TempBan 1 Hour
      4. Fourth Related Offense: TempBan 1 Day
      5. Repeated offenses may result in extended or permanent bans, as determined by an admin
      6. ‘Related’ offenses refers to chat-related offenses (spam, blatant harassment, slurs, etc.) occurring in a similar time period
    3. Other Punishments:
      1. For issues not covered above, use your best judgement, and contact a superior whenever able.
  3. Commands:
    1. Kick: /kick <playername> <reason>
    2. Jail: /arrest <playername>
    3. TempBan: /tempban <playername> <time (1m, 1h, 1d)> <reason>
    4. Ban: /ban <playername> <reason>
    5. UnBan: /unban <playername>
    6. See User’s Vote Total: /vote total <playername>

Rule Clarifications: These are not detailed for normal players as it is impossible to cover every detail, but use your best judgments along with these clarifications:

  1. NO HACKS: No hacked clients, x-ray texture backs, or utilizing glitches that give an unfair advantage to you or anyone else on the server.
    1. It’s not always possible to prove that someone is hacking, but keep evidence and use your best judgement.
  2. NO SPAM: No advertising, flooding chat, or posting repetitive messages. English is the only approved language on the server.
    1. Advertising can include posting for other servers, posting links to shops/servers/etc.
    2. Flooding chat/repetitive messages would be defined as repeating the same or similar messages over and over or repeatedly typing gibberish/single letters into chat.
    3. For non-English use, a verbal warning can be given initially, asking the person to type other languages in /msg instead of general chat.
  3. NO LAG CREATING: Do not build lag machines, have excessive mob-buildup, or otherwise slow down the server, intentionally or not.
  4. NO SLURS: Racist terms and extreme profanity are not allowed. If you have to question it, just don’t say it.
    1. Racial slurs include, but are not limited to any form of nigger, chink, wetback, and cracker.
    2. Profanity is allowed, excluding the word cunt. However, if the profanity is directed towards a user that is known to be younger than thirteen, it is not allowed. A verbal warning can be issued before tempbans.
    3. Slurs and extreme profanity are not allowed, whether or not they are directed at a person and regardless of the person’s race, nationality, or ethnicity.
    4. The system will automatically tempban for 1 minute anyone who uses cunt or nigger. If you witness the player repeat the word after a tempban, escalate the tempbans as per procedure.
  5. BE KIND: Do not harass other players. Do not disrespect staff. Be mindful of how your actions or words affect other players, especially new ones.
    1. Harassment is of course subjective, but the harassment needs to be obvious, clear, and well-documented. If a player is harassing through /msg, have the harassed player take screenshots. Encourage harassed players to use ignore the harasser using /ignore <playername>.
    2. Disrespecting staff needs to be a blatant disregard for the authority and needs to be well documented. If a staff member punishes someone for this reason, the situation will be looked into directly by the owner.
    3. Light harassing and lying to new players IS an offense. New players are important to the server and we want to provide an environment of helpfulness and fun.